Born in 1916 in Riga, Latvia, to a Zionist family, he joined “Hashomer Hatzair” at an early age. Mobilized into the army at the beginning of WWII he was demobilized at the end of 1942 as a result of severe injury. Returning to Riga in 1946, he and several of his friends established an underground organization “HaBrikha” for the illegal transfer of Jews from the Soviet Union. 450 families were transferred to Eretz Israel by his team! But in June of 1946 he was arrested and sentenced to 8 years in prison (Lefortovo, Moscow), and to 3 years in exile (Salekhard, the Archangelsk province). Released in 1957 he still had to wait till 1972 before he was able to make his aliyah. Remember & Save Association website
